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48August 29, 2017Homeschooling by Erica

Math Practice Grid Paper for Carrying, Borrowing and Regrouping – Free Homeschool Download

I whipped up this worksheet to help Oliver with his multi-digit addition and subtraction problems. Every number has a tidy spot to live in, and shaded squares designate where carried or borrowed numbers live.

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24August 18, 2014Summer by Erica

Tomato Canning Quick Reference Guide

When I was canning up tomatoes this past weekend, and I was sick, so I kept double checking things and kinda getting hazy about what the hell I was doing. Moral of the story: do not attempt to can 100 pounds of tomatoes while sick. But as I was shuffling back and forth to my…

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38October 30, 2013Productive Home by Erica

Biweekly Menu Planning Form (Free Downloadable)

This year, with my son in preschool, mornings are spent shooing two kids along and getting everyone out the door on time. The AM has to be far more regimented, and fast breakfasts and easy, (often make-ahead) lunches are essential. We are also doing a lot more freezer-meal cooking to streamline dinner these days and…

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17October 18, 2012Productive Home by Erica

Mini-Money Challenge: Occupy Your Brain (Why You Don't Really Want What You Want)

I had a dream the other night. I was working some corporate job and my boss lent me his car to run errands over the weekend. In the dream, I didn’t know what kind of car it was, and somehow Homebrew Husband ended up driving it to pick me up from this job. This was…

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168August 14, 2012Food Preservation by Erica

How To Make Pectin-Free Jam: Ditch The Box and Increase The Creativity In Your Preserves

Do you need pectin to make jam? I used to think so. I followed the recipe on the inside of the pectin box slavishly for 7 years before I broke free of the pectin bonds. Every year, my strawberry jam tasted exactly like the strawberry jam of everyone else who wore the Sure-Jell shackles. The…

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248August 13, 2012Food Preservation by Erica

Create Your Own Signature Jam By Mixing and Matching Flavors

It’s unofficial Preserve Week here at Northwest Edible Life. I know because my floor is sticky with canning syrup and my refrigerator smells like pickle brine. It’s hard for me to think of anything else but putting food by right now, so I’m going to be talking jams and pickles all week long. I hope…

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4August 8, 2012Uncategorized by Erica

Seven Great Things You Missed On Facebook: Peanut Sauce, Peaches and More

It’s been a busy week over on the Northwest Edible Facebook Page. We blew through the 5,000s in no time and are currently sitting at over 6,000 smart, bad-ass and very attractive community members. Thank you guys! Homebrew Husband captured the exact moment of the 6,000th like on his phone. Not that we are total…

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11May 15, 2012Uncategorized by Erica

When She Got There, The Cupboards Were Bare: Assessing Your Larder

How’s your larder looking? Mine is pretty spartan. This is a great time of year to assess your larder and see what you’ve eaten tons of and what hasn’t been a hit. If you make some notes now about what your family really eats, before the furor of canning season comes upon us, there’s a good chance…

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22February 8, 2012Gardening by Erica

Planning For A Year-Round Harvest: When You Need The Big Picture

The detailed month-by-month lists are great and all, but sometimes you need the overview, the synopsis, the big picture. This is particularly true at the beginning of the growing season, like now, when all the little details are popping up: what plants do I grow? How many? How long till I can eat them? Where do…

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12January 26, 2012Gardening by Erica

Seed Organization For Gardeners With Too Many Seeds

On Monday I talked about seeds for beginners. Well, after a season or two of growing from seed you may become (like many of the commenters on Monday’s post) a Gardener With Too Many Seeds. You have become a G.W.T.M.S. when you have file boxes dedicated to your seeds and you debate with yourself every season…

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6January 17, 2012Gardening by Erica

How To Plan Your Harvest Based On What You Eat (Plus The Winner of The Urban Farm Handbook!)

One you you awesome readers has won The Urban Farm Handbook. But before you shoot right to the bottom of this post to find out if it’s you, read on to discover a great way to plan your harvest from the plate backwards. This is a technique straight out of The Urban Farm Handbook, so…

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4December 22, 2011Recent Posts by Erica

Last Minute Stocking Stuffer: "Get Out Of A Chore Free" Santa Cards – Free Download

We do chores around here, kids included. So the gift of not having to do those tedious chores is always appreciated. I’m trying to get the last of the holiday gift stuff together today – wrapping presents, stuffing stockings, etc. – and I put together some “Santa Slips to slip in my daughter’s stocking. These are…

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Hi! I'm Erica, the founder of NWEdible and the author of The Hands-On Home. I garden, keep chickens and ducks, homeschool my two kids and generally run around making messes on my one-third of an acre in suburban Seattle. Thanks for reading!

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